Melbourne's Michael Eagar is trying to get his parents back home from Peru. Jason South

Mr Eagar's parents, Brian, 67, and Christine, 63, had also been on the flight from Peru which left Monday night Australian time, but the elderly couple weren't allowed to reboard the plane in Santiago, Chile, due to issues with Brian's citizenship. (He has a New Zealand passport but lives in Melbourne).

"They were hysterical, to be frank, they couldn't speak to my partner on the plane and she couldn't get off the plane to help them. It was a terrible situation," Mr Eagar told The Australian Financial Review.

"To add insult to injury, after the plane took off my dad was told by officials he could have been on the plane. He just needed to show his Australian driver's licence."

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Mr Eagar's parents are now stuck at Santiago airport which they can't leave or they will be forced to spend another two weeks in quarantine in Chile. He is frantically trying to find other flights for them. The family has already spent $21,000 to get the whole family out of Peru in the first place.

To compound his woes, Mr Eagar – who flew from Melbourne to Sydney on Tuesday – has offered to go into quarantine with his partner so he can help look after their two children, Ariana (three-years-old) and Mia (18 months).

Brian and Christine Eagar getting ready to fly out of Peru with their son's partner, Fiorella. Supplied

As of Tuesday afternoon, he was still trying to find out whether he can join his family. Otherwise he will have to fly back to Melbourne and wait for them to come out of quarantine.

Mr Eagar – who had been in Peru but returned earlier this month – said he had been in touch with Australian and New Zealand authorities but there had been no resolution about trying to bring his parents home – both of whom have pre-existing health problems (His dad had a heart attack 18 months ago and his mother has a thyroid problem).

Mr Eagar said he had received good support from the Victoria government's office in Santiago since South American countries went into lock-down in mid-March.

Nearly 300 Australians were transferred to mandatory two-week quarantine after landing, being transferred to big hotels across Sydney, including the Sheraton and the Marriott.

Diana Nelson, Australia's ambassador to Peru and Bolivia, welcomed the first charter flight's arrival in Sydney, saying the government was working to bring the rest of the Aussies home.

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"Pleased that Chimu flight landed safely in Sydney this morning," Ms Nelson wrote on social media.

"Spent busy day in office with Lima Embassy team focusing our efforts on those Aussies who remain. Thanks for your continued patience as we work to get you home."

But Ms Nelson's message was not much comfort to South Australian woman Denise Spry who is still trying to help her son Jarred get out of Peru.

He is stuck in the regional city of Arequipa and the backpacker's hostel where he is staying is about to be closed down.

Ms Spry said Jarred's fellow backpackers have been evacuated from Peru by their respective governments, and she would like the Australian government to follow suit.

"How is it that other governments can get their people out but not ours?," she said.

"These are young kids in many cases and they are getting desperate and feeling more and more isolated."

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Sydney teacher Tony Phillips in Peru before the borders were closed. He was lucky enough to nab a seat on the charter flight that landed in Sydney on Tuesday.

Sydney teacher Tony Phillips – one of the Australian tourists lucky enough to be on the charter flight – said he felt sad for the hundreds of Australians who had been left behind.

While passengers cheered when the flight landed in Sydney, they now face two weeks locked in a hotel quarantine unable to leave their rooms and food being left outside their door three times a day.

Mr Phillips, who paid $5000 for the flight back to Australia, said army and police were guarding the Sheraton in Sydney where he will be holed up for the next fortnight.

"In some ways I was more comfortable in Peru because you could at least go for two walks a day," Mr Phillips told The Australian Financial Review.

"But I'll be happy if I can just open this damn window."

The cost of the hotel room and food will be picked up by the federal government. He is hoping his daughter can drop off a guitar and a Kindle, plus some alcohol, to kill the time.

Mr Phillips said there were still many Australians stranded in Peru because they were in regional areas or could not afford a seat on the charter flight.

"The government seems to be washing their hands of them," he said.

He said Australians who were stranded in Peru, before the borders were shut in mid-March, had wanted the Morrison government to charter a flight to bring them home, like they had in China and Japan.

More than 10,000 people poured into the nation's capital on the ninth day of protests over police brutality, but what awaited them was a city that no longer felt as if it was being occupied by its own country's military.